Michael Schlechter in Altoona, Pennsylvania

Medical School: Hahnemann University College Of Medicine
Graduation Year: 1992
The Primary Medical Specialty for Michael Schlechter is listed as: Internal Medicine
Approximate Years of Experience: 32
PAC (PECOS ID)#: 5395834394
NPI #: 1336115260
NPI Created On: 02/28/2006
NPI Last Updated Listed as: 05/24/2021
Primary Taxonomy Code: 207R00000X
License Number:
MD053085L
Listed Gender: Male

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Forms of insurance accepted by include, but are not limited to:

• Highmark Health Insurance Company
• Humana
• Highmark Inc.
• Geisinger Health Plan
• UPMC Health Options, Inc.
• Geisinger Quality Options
• Medicare

They are listed as accepting new patients.

Languages spoken by staff include: English.

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Services and Procedures include:

1. Aspiration and/or injection of large joint or joint capsule
2. Insertion of needle into vein for collection of blood sample
3. Removal of impact ear wax, one ear
4. Vaccine for influenza for injection into muscle
5. Vaccine for pneumococcal polysaccharide for injection beneath the skin or into muscle, patient 2 years or older
6. Routine electrocardiogram (ekg) using at least 12 leads with interpretation and report
7. Heart rhythm tracing of 48-hour ekg
8. Heart rhythm tracing, analysis, and interpretation of 48-hour ekg
9. Anti-clotting management for patient taking warfarin
10. Injection beneath the skin or into muscle for therapy, diagnosis, or prevention
11. Established patient office or other outpatient visit, typically 15 minutes
12. Established patient office or other outpatient, visit typically 25 minutes
13. Hospital observation care, typically 50 minutes
14. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 50 minutes per day
15. Initial hospital inpatient care, typically 70 minutes per day
16. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 15 minutes per day
17. Subsequent hospital inpatient care, typically 25 minutes per day
18. Hospital discharge day management, 30 minutes or less
19. Hospital discharge day management, more than 30 minutes
20. Physician telephone patient service, 5-10 minutes of medical discussion

They took part in Medicare's Electronic Health Record Incentive Program which was designed to help move people over to electronic records and improve the systems that were already in place.
They took part in the Medicare Physician Quality Reporting System (PQRS).